Adapted from: Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel. A history of Utah County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1999; “Historical Events.” https://www.fairfieldtown.org/copy-of-history. Accessed April 30, 2020; “The Tiny Town in Utah Where Time Stands Still.” https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/fairfield-ut/. Accessed April 30, 2020. Unlike many of the towns in Utah county, Fairfield has not bloomed from small town to huge city in recent years. …

Adapted from: Alder, Douglas D., and Karl F. Brooks. A History of Washington County: From Isolation to Destination. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1996; “Welcome to Enterprise.” https://enterpriseutah.org/. April 30, 2020. The town of Enterprise has its origins in the earlier settlement (now a ghost town) of Hebron. Some Latter-day Saint settlers grazed along Shoal Creek in the …

Adapted from: Seegmiller, Janet Burton. A History of Iron County: Community Above Self. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1998; Webster, Richard M. “Enoch History Review.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/uploads/3/0/3/1/30314955/richard_webster_historical_account.pdf, accessed April 28, 2020. “A History of Johnson’s Fort or Enoch as it is Known.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/uploads/3/0/3/1/30314955/earl_olsen_historical_account.pdf, accessed April 28, 2020; “Roaring 2000’s.” https://www.cityofenoch.org/roaring-2000s.html, accessed April 28, 2020. Enoch was settled along a …

Adapted from: Carlstrom, Jeffery, and Cynthia Furse. Emigration Canyon: Gateway to Salt Lake City. 2nd, ed. s.p., 2019; “Emigration Canyon: Its historical significance, offbeat aura lend the area plenty of flavor.” July 25, 2006.  Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/2006/7/25/19964952/emigration-canyon-its-historical-significance-offbeat-aura-lend-the-area-plenty-of-flavor#longtime-resident-stan-fishler-chairman-of-the-emigration-canyon-historical-society-relaxes-in-his-woodshop-at-his-home-in-emigration-canyon. Accessed April 27, 2020. As a canyon, Emigration Canyon’s history is ancient, and important to Native Americans, as well early Utah settlers and …

Adapted from: Huchel, Fredrick M. A History of Box Elder County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1999; “Elwood Town History.” http://www.elwoodtown.com/history.htm. Accessed April 27, 2020; “Elwood History.” http://www.boxeldercounty.org/elwood-history.htm. Accessed April 27, 2020. The area that became Elwood was initially a squatters territory, belonging to a man by the name of Davidsen. The details of this early history are …

Adapted from: Bishop, M. Guy. A History of Sevier County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1997; Hansen, Ken Cregg. “‘Up the Ditch.” The History of Elsinore, Utah, 1874-1977. M.A. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3103&context=etd. Accessed April 25, 2020. Elsinore was settled in the year 1874 by several Scandinavian Latter-day Saints from Richfield, who thought it would …

Adapted from: Geary, Edward A. A History of Emery County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1996; “Elmo, Utah.” https://www.heraldextra.com/elmo-utah/article_93f6e701-a585-5365-a505-0037c3860585.html. Accessed April 24, 2020. The early settling of Elmo began in 1904, when several Cleveland residents filed for homesteads four miles northeast of the town. Other settlers followed and by 1908 there were the beginnings of the town that …

Like several other fast growing Utah county towns, Elk Ridge is a recently established town, incorporated in 1976. The land where Elk Ridge is today was formerly the Goosenest Ranch, homesteaded by James Fayette Shuler. One of his heirs sold the land to Jim Winteron who, with the help of his son, developed the land into a subdivision called Salem …

Adapted from: Watt, Ronald G. A History of Carbon County. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1997; “About Us.”  https://eastcarboncity.org/about-us/. Accessed April 24, 2020. The story of East Carbon City is a reflection of some of the challenges and solutions of the surrounding area. East Carbon City is a merger of three different struggling coal towns. The first two, …

Adapted from: “The History of Eagle Mountain.” http://eaglemountainutah.com/the-history-of-eagle-mountain/. Accessed April 24, 2020; “10 fun facts about Eagle Mountain that you may not know.” https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/eagle-mountain/10-fun-facts-about-eagle-mountain-that-you-may-not-know/collection_1c0815b6-1755-11e8-b775-d71390dfad7b.html#1. Accessed April 24, 2020. Eagle Mountain is a young town that has grown at a breakneck pace. While the area was along the pony express trail in the 1860s, the town only had a population of …